Hello everyone!
This is ASPECT newsletter #169.
It automatically reports recently merged features and discussions about the ASPECT mantle convection code.
Below you find a list of recently proposed or merged features:
#5076: allow chunk and two merged chunks for spherical velocity statistics. (implemented by MFraters)
#5075: Add use merged grid option (implemented by MFraters)
#5074: free surface rebuild preconditioner (implemented by tjhei)
#5073: tests: skip refinement in remove_* (implemented by tjhei)
#5072: Fix deprication issue. (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by tjhei)
#5070: skip refinement if mesh did not change (implemented by tjhei)
#5069: fix solver comment (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by MFraters)
#5068: GMG: code cleanup (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by MFraters)
#5067: GMG: add assert (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by MFraters)
#5066: GMG: shared MatrixFree objects (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5065: add a new plugin for random initial temperature perturbations (implemented by jdannberg)
#5064: Remove unnecessary asserts in ellipsoidal chunk (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5062: GMG: compute diagonal: cleanup (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5061: GMG use compute diagonal part II (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5060: GMG: use deal.II compute_diagonal() part I (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by tjhei)
#5059: Add option for time constant ascii data boundary (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5058: doc: nonlinear solver improvements (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by MFraters)
#5057: Update description ‘Allow fixed composition on outflow boundaries’ (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by tjhei)
#5056: Refactor AsciiDataBoundary (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5055: Refactor parse_map_to_double_array and add option to ignore keys (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bobmyhill)
#5054: doc: fix two-merged-chunks parameter description (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5053: doc: fix broken prm includes (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5052: Update installing-docker.md (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5051: Standardize 2D->2d and 3D->3d in comments. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5050: Standardize 2D->2d and 3D->3d. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5049: improve bib file check (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by tjhei)
#5047: Adds missed publications and new ones for January 2023 (implemented by ljhwang; reviewed by tjhei)
#5043: initialize current linearization point when we refine the mesh (implemented by jdannberg; reviewed by tjhei)
#5041: Fix ascii data initial for two merged chunks (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#5071 Update Stokes preconditioner with free surface? (opened)
#5063 replace ParticleOutput by deal.II::Particle::DataOut (opened)
#5046 Issue on page /user/cookbooks/cookbooks/composition_passive_particles/doc/composition_passive_particles.html (closed)
#5042 “Allow fixed temperature on outflow boundaries = false” option does not work in time steps where mesh is refined (closed)
#5036 Impossible to run aspect on M1 Pro with MacOs Ventura (closed)
#4976 Incompatible ASPECT dev with deal.II dev from before #14167 (closed)
#4841 aspect 2.4.0 release (closed)
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